IVp008 Special Education in International Perspectives

Faculty of Education
Autumn 2018
Extent and Intensity
0/0/0. 6 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
PhDr. Lucie Matoušková, Ph.D. (lecturer)
doc. PhDr. Věra Vojtová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. Věra Vojtová, Ph.D.
Department of Special and Inclusive Education – Faculty of Education
Contact Person: PhDr. Lucie Matoušková, Ph.D.
Supplier department: Institute for Research in Inclusive Education – Faculty of Education
Timetable of Seminar Groups
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Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is offered to students of any study field.
The capacity limit for the course is 80 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 1/80, only registered: 0/80, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/80
Course objectives
The aim of the course is to look at special education in international perspectives. The students have the possibility to meet international experts and learn the situation in different countries. How is the situation in other countries? What are the attitudes, approaches, the current issues in different countries? How does the education and the support of people with disabilities and disadvantages in other countries look like?
At the end of the course the student will: - be able to describe the situation in other countries, - reflect the new information and compare it with the situation in their own country, - be aware of the differences across the world, - be able to think about different factors that influents the life of children, youth and adult people with disabilities and disadvantage (education, work, family etc.)
Syllabus
  • The course offers different topics according to the lecturers.
  • The course provides a preview of the situation in different countries. It focuses the education at school but also the education at the universities (preparing for work with people with disabilities and disadvantage), support of people with disabilities and their families in different life periods, work, communication, multicultural aspects, social inclusion, legislative framework, social systems etc.
Teaching methods
lecture, group discussion, discussion with students and experts, work with case studies
Assessment methods
To be awarded credits, the students have to:
- attend min. 2 lectures;
- write a report about the visited lectures. The students has to describe what was each visited lecture about, to reflect the strengths and weaknesses of the lectures, the situation in own country and the benefits for the study and/or for own profession.
- the report (450-700 words per lecture) must be downloaded to the homework vaults latest 06.01.2019. After that date the students receive feedback from the teachers.
Language of instruction
English
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
General note: Předmět je otevřen pro studenty libovolného oboru.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: 8 hodin.
Teacher's information
The students have to choose and attend min. 2 lectures.

The overview of lectures (will be updated, the descriptions to find in the study materials):

9.10.2018, 14:30-15:45, room RUV - "Education for Peaceful Coexistence: Project DARE and the Pedagogy of Difference" - prof. H. Alexander (University of Haifa, Israel); Short interview with prof. Alexander: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9dKz7N9rCBg

22.10.2018, 14-15:50, room 20 - "Developing Multicultural Competences" - H. Anttila (JAMK, Finland)

24.10.2018, 16-17:50, room 30 - "Review of cultural aspects in work and learning environments. Communication and interaction within multicultural contexts" - H. Anttila (JAMK, Finland)

25.10.2018, 15-16:50, room 37 - "Developing Multicultural Competences" - H. Anttila (JAMK, Finland)

8.11.2018, 16-17:50, room 24 - Way of living; Accessability; Speech and swallowing therapy for children and adults after traumatic brain injury and stroke; Sustainable Learner-centred Teaching-Advanced Resources for Georgia and China - students and teachers from the University of Würzburg (Germany) and teachers from Masaryk University (Czech Republic)

9.11.2018, 9-11, room RUV - School and Education; Work and Employment; Trauma of people with intellectual disability - students and teachers from the University of Würzburg (Germany) and teachers from Masaryk University (Czech Republic)

13.12.2018, 12-13:50, room 52 - "The Brain: Your Amazement Park" - J. McEnany (USA)

The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2019, autumn 2020, Autumn 2021.
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